The British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA), British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and Trauma & Orthopaedic Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) welcome the publication of the Medical Training Review (MTR) Phase 1 Diagnostic Report, published by NHS England on 24th of October 2025. This is the culmination of a listening exercise and call for evidence that BOTA was involved in from the start, and to which BOTA, BOA and the SAC have all separately and collaboratively contributed to in the...

In the last 2 years, following the publication of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan in July 2023 and the planned expansion of PAs (Physician Associates, now Physician Assistants), the BOTA Committee has been working collaboratively with multiple national stakeholders on the role of PAs in the evolving healthcare system. As BOTA President and BOTA Sustainability & Workforce Representative, we were both heavily involved in the working groups of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE),...

As part of our ongoing work, the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA), submitted evidence to the Medical Training Review,...